Imagine School in Indiana: High lease costs hurt students
by David SafierThis is one of a series of posts, Peeking into Charter Schools. If you have information you wish to contribute, you can post comments or email me: safier@schooltales.net. Here's a perfect illustration of how Imagine Schools (there are 72 nationwide, 14 in Arizona) pulls its quick school building shuffle, taking money from students' … Read more
Glenn Beck, Phoenix DJ
by David Safier Chris Coppola at the East Valley Trib dug up this gem, and BlueMeanie passed it on to me. Here's Glenn Beck doing a TV ad in 1986 for his show at Phoenix Radio station Y95. Don't forget, Rush was a rock jock too. It's great training for what they do.
AZ BlueMeanie analyzes Jefferson’s “Tree of Liberty” quote
by David Safier In a long, historically based and rather brilliant comment on my I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to think anymore post, AZ BlueMeanie looks into the meanings and ramifications of the Tree of Liberty quote conservatives, along with one of their own, Timothy McVeigh, so dearly love. If you're of … Read more
Ladies and gentlemen, Senator Jon Kyl
by David Safier Jon Kyl makes it absolutely clear, he doesn't have a uterus and he's not going to worry about health care for people who do.
Horne don’t get no respect
by David Safier Ed Supe Tom Horne is taking a beating in the Tucson press. KOLD went after him pretty hard after his "I haven't read the report, but I can play the race card anyway" news conference. Now a Star editorial is calling him on it too. The headline says it pretty well. Schools … Read more
Best journalistic sentence of the day
by David Safier From the Star: Alvarez said no one is allowed to write on school property unless they have permission from the dean of students. How about reading on school propery? Is that all right? OK, so I took the quote out of context. But the context is pretty funny too. Here's the first … Read more
“I’m mad as hell and I’m not going to think anymore.”
by David SafierOut of the pens of cartoonists. Two of the most astute, our own local treasure, Fitz, and the inimitable Gary Trudeau.
Responsible Republicans to take back the party from the talkers and teabaggers?
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: It is not quite as dramatic as Martin Luther nailing his 95 Theses to the door of the Schlosserkirsche (castle church) in Wittenberg, but one courageous soul today published a guest opinion in the Arizona Daily Star vowing reformation of the Republican Party. It is time for "responsible Republicans" to take back … Read more
